diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/primitives/redpallas/verification_key.rs b/zebra-chain/src/primitives/redpallas/verification_key.rs
index 04d49dfb9..ce9ed6c3f 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/primitives/redpallas/verification_key.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/primitives/redpallas/verification_key.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use super::{Error, SigType};
 /// This is useful for representing a compressed verification key; the
 /// [`VerificationKey`] type in this library holds other decompressed state
 /// used in signature verification.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 pub struct VerificationKeyBytes<T: SigType> {
     pub(crate) bytes: [u8; 32],
     pub(crate) _marker: PhantomData<T>,